then gets a long maceration and patient barrel and foudre aging
The 2018 vintage delivered ideal conditions: warm and dry with concentrated fruit
Rosso di Montalcino offers an earlier-drinking expression of their Sangiovese—same vineyards as their Brunello but released younger with less oak aging
imparting a lighter oak influence than ex-bourbon casks)
and even this coastal entry-level bottling gets the same convictions: no shortcuts
Brij, Grenache Slo Coast, 2024 msk_champ_ps_22 then gets a long macerationRaj Parr quietly made his way to the Central Coast, and Brij is the negociant label he started farming in 2020 from Cambria. Named for his father, Brij draws on organic vineyards Parr trusts up and down California; this Grenache comes from the newly minted SLO Coast AVA, the cool, marine influenced strip of San Luis Obispo. The fruit is direct pressed with minimal skin contact and fermented in a 2000L foudre, which is exactly the approach you would